Nov. 5, 2016, 6:51 a.m.

For months, Donald Trump has whipped up supporters by directing them to go into cities with sizable minority populations to make sure the presidential election is fair.

“So important that you watch other communities, because we don't want this election stolen,” Trump said in Pennsylvania last month, encouraging people to watch voting in “certain areas.”

Those statements put the Republican National Committee in an uncomfortable spot. The party has been bound by a federal court consent decree for three decades that bars efforts to police the polls on election day, on the grounds that they might intimidate minority voters. In courtrooms across the country, Democratic lawyers are pushing for orders to prevent what they fear will be widespread GOP efforts to confront or harass voters on Tuesday.

Donald Trump was rushed off stage during a rally in Reno on Saturday night by Secret Service agents, but he returned to finish his speech, the brief episode injecting a moment of uncertainty late into a long day of campaigning.

Someone in the crowd shouted "gun," the Secret Service said, prompting a flurry of commotion. No weapon was found but a man was taken into custody, the agency said. He was released and told reporters he had been holding a sign that said "Republicans against Trump."

"We will never be stopped, never ever be stopped," said Trump when he arrived back on stage at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. "I want to thank the Secret Service; these guys are fantastic."

Nov. 5, 2016, 2:35 p.m.

A federal judge in New Jersey has turned down Democrats’ request to slap sanctions on the Republican National Committee, saying there’s no evidence that the national party itself is conducting prohibited “ballot integrity” operations.

In a ruling Saturday, U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez said lawyers for the Democratic National Committee failed to prove that the RNC was working on such measures with Donald Trump, who has repeatedly exhorted supporters to go into “certain areas” to make sure the election is not being stolen.

The RNC has been governed by a consent decree in a case here ever since 1982, following a state election in which groups of men went to voting places in minority areas saying they were part of a “National Ballot Security Task Force.” Democratic lawyers argued that the court should step in and sanction the RNC in light of Trump’s comments, and a plan by Trump advisor Roger Stone to organize “Stop the Steal” squads to quiz voters leaving the polls.

The Republican never has been an enthusiastic supporter, most recently saying he would vote for the party's presidential nominee but not campaign for him, following Donald Trump's comments of lewd behavior toward women. But on Saturday, Ryan made a final case for the GOP presidential candidate.

"Take a look at what a unified Republican government can get you. And then vote Republican — Donald Trump, our Senate candidates, and our House candidates — so we can start turning things around," Ryan wrote on CNN.com. "If Republicans do not turn out — if we sit this one out — we will open the door not just to Hillary Clinton, but also a Democratic Congress eager to give her a blank check."

Nov. 5, 2016, 1:06 p.m.

Voter suppression is a major concern among Democrats, especially in battleground states where Republican-led legislatures have altered voting laws.

But with three days until the election, President Obama says he isn't buying it.

"We disempower ourselves all the time. You can’t tell me that all those folks who don’t vote are doing so because somebody’s turned them away or somebody’s intimidated them, no," he said in an interview with the Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC on Friday night. "It’s because they decided they had something better to do."

Nov. 5, 2016, 1:00 p.m.

A Hillary Clinton rally was cut short by a downpour here on Saturday, but not before she raced around the state in a down-to-the-wire effort to drum up excitement in this crucial battleground state.

Her schedule was a reminder of the tightly disciplined campaign her team has run, with events and messages carefully tailored to individual communities on whose votes she is counting.

The first stop was a West Miami community center where people have been voting early, a big focus for Clinton as she tries to lock down support — particularly from Latinos — before election day arrives.

Nov. 5, 2016, 12:40 p.m.

The Supreme Court weighed in on behalf of Arizona’s Republican leaders Saturday and cleared the way for them to enforce a new state law that makes it a felony for anyone other than family members and caregivers to deliver mail-in ballots to official polling places.

The high court in a brief order with no registered dissents blocked a ruling of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which on Friday had halted enforcement of the new law.

It is not clear what will happen now. County election officials had said they did not plan to vigorously enforce the new law. However, the Arizona Republican Party said it was training volunteers to watch and report people who were seen dropping off ballots.